San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-12
Our Brooklyn Letter.
Dear Editor:

DhOOhL1Ns os-lhEs DttCuCI
says, This abomination. the knights OF
Labor, is the result OF the Internal idea
/ OF paternity OF government" Whatever
the cause, the effect Is certainly Internal.
I To me II seems the result OF machine
politics, the carelessness and indifference
| Of our most honest and Intelligent men
! TO public affairs. bosses" "Rings."
! "Combines" and general crookedness
could never have attained to their pres.
ent disgusting prevalence. if"good men
and true" had stood by the ship. But
they did not like the compani onship Of
the "riff-rafr' the crafty, the "great un-
washed" and SO backed out and allowed
their places as decent American citizens
to he filled by vice and ignorance. Now
| every body knows that Brooklyn is ruled
| by one man, though naturally the ruled
are not willing to admit IL. There are
men In this city who. IL asked II their
| soul were their own. would not dare
answer unless they FIRST consulted this
arbiter OF their destinies. When learned
the other day for fact that
some cultivated ladies who were
anxious to bring about needed change
10 certsi1 department. applied to this
magnate for help, my heart sank with
in me. True, 1t was good thing, and
his influence made IL successful. But
tuls ulu
"Women have the same right To be
hanged, the same right to vote, the
same right to cheat and pull wires as
men," to quote Mr.. Beeoher again. He
probably would have added, II women
| ever have the opportunity they will pull
wires with as much skill and uncoDcern
| for truth and decenoy Ms their husbands
| and brothers. This would undoubtedly
be true OF some women, but not Of so
many women as men. But 1t Is dis.
couraging to know that cultured and
| honest women will spply to any tribunal
| for assistance even In a good cause, that
cannot hear the test Of public scrutiny.
Apropos Of woman's suffrage 1 am
glad to be able to contradict the state
ment attributed to Mrs. Stanton that
she has come to the discoursging con-
clusion that work In the cause WAS use
less, because women did not want the
ballot. am informed on credible su-
thority that she never gave
utterance TO any such sentiment.
On the contrary, she Is greatly encour-
aged, and believes that the best brains
Of the country are on the side OF universal
suffrage. But have diverged from the
Knights of Lsbor-at least apparently.
This powerful body still holds the fort,
and time only will tell whether the pres
ent passivity and patience Of the Amer.
lean people Is or Is not wise. The engi-
neers now threaten to leave the great
business buildings and the colossal flats
unwarmed and unlighted unless certain
conditions which the Knights have
made are complied with. The engineers
have no per onsl grievances. This they
| admit, but are not bold enough to pic
ture the danger which a great city like
New York will be exposed To from bur-
glars and maraders, deprived Of the
| light which they can shut off II they feel
like 1t. New, fla threat like this will
not make the blood of native born
American boil, what will? There Is no
change for the better in any respect. The
| poor are suffering as they never suffc red
before from hunger and cold. Our teDe-
ment houses are simply great hospitals
and morgues. Sickness and death are
having IL all their own way.
Henry George has again surprised the
world, this time by his views on the
temperance question. He believes
neither in prohibition nor high licence-
simply In good liquor. One DR.. Crosby
would have metaphorically annihilated
the little man. Now they shake hands
over it.
In the midst of our various troubles,
here and there funny thing happens.
One Of the latest Wall street sensations
Is that Of a speculator dyed in the wool,
and an editor coming out as a medicine
man" The editor and proprietor OF the
sprightly and reliable Wall Street News,
| Mr.. Charles X. Keep is said to have
spent a fortune in bringing his cough
| remedy-Ks- Rem, practically before the
public. He claims that 1t will break up
cold in an hour and promptly relieve
| and generally cure the throat and bron-
chial troubles, from which his country
men chemically suffer. 1t is a pity Mr..
Keep did not start on his
new and we hope not mad ca
| reer the first of the winter, for
| influenza has run rampant and
| sore thrOsts have been the rule and not
the exception. Let us hope for the sake
| Of sueeZing and snorting humanity that
| the stuff is all 1t claims to be.
Affairs with DR.. MoGlynn remain In
| statu quo. His remark that he knew
his theology too we'll to sin against 1t ig-
norantly, and that he loved his religion
too well to sin against 1t wilfully, has
raised up friends for him in every
quarter. Father McGlynn's rhetoric al
ways touches the heart, because he is In
direct sympathy with the poor and the
sOrrowful, and with every cause that
needs fr end.
Thomas Cleary. the next to the last
boodler, comes up to the dock this mern-
ing. II his trial Is as interesting as the
rest have been, there is still something
left to live for.
MIR. Talmage has just preached a ser
mon on Pillars of Smoke. This figure
was selected for the evident purpose OF
bringing In the subject Of high hats as
related to tie theatre. He thinks 1t
ha 80 r. lad hof a a nila
high so as to entirely obstruct the view
of the wicked and ungodly stage, and re-
marks that "if protested Christians 60
to these places of amusement no one
will ever persecute them for their re-
ligion, for they have none, and they are
the joke of hell" Tophet must be a
lively place, for at least half the Taber-
nacle congregation attend the theatre.
ELEANOR KIRK.